Learn how to make fluffy slime for a uniquely cool texture slime! Homemade slime is easy to make with kids, and fluffy slime is no exception! We love to make fluffy slime with saline solution all year long. Check out the fun things you can do with fluffy slime below to add seasonal and holiday themes to your slime. Bonus, free printable slime recipes to download!
Super Fluffy Slime Kids Will Love
Kick off your slime-making session with one of the most popular, kid-favorite slime recipes! This AMAZING soft slime is just right for hands to squish and squeeze.
Science is full of cool ways to create, including homemade fluffy slime. Bonus, we have a fluffy slime recipe for every season if you scroll to the bottom!
Slime-making is even more fun when you add creative seasonal themes, and kids love the novelty of themed activities. Our Fluffy Slime Recipe is yet another AMAZING slime recipe we can show you how to make.
Guess what makes the light fluffy texture in our fluffy slime recipe? You got it, shaving foam! Slime with fluffy shaving foam and saline solution is one of our favorite sensory recipes play!
Now if you don’t want to use the saline solution as the slime activator (see slime science below), you can absolutely test out our other slime recipe using liquid starch. We have tested all these slime recipes with equal success!
The photo below was our first-ever batch of fluffy slime when we were learning how to make fluffy slime. We made 1/2 a dozen batches in a row to make sure we loved our fluffy slime recipe enough to share with you. I love twisting colors together!
The Science Of Slime
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here. What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activators (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid) mix with the PVA (polyvinyl-acetate) glue and form this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state. Until…
When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and thicker and rubberier like slime! Slime is a polymer.
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms, the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
Is slime a liquid or solid? We call it a Non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both!
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Fluffy Slime Recipe
SLIME TIP: Always follow the directions carefully! Slime making is a recipe just like baking cookies. An alternative for this slime is to experiment with the amount of shaving cream you want to use.
Ingredients:
It is so important to start off with the right ingredients!
- 1/2 cup White Washable PVA School Glue
- 3 cups Foam Shaving Cream
- 1 tbsp Saline Solution
- 1/4-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
How To Make Fluffy Slime:
STEP 1: Measure and add 3-4 generous cups of foam shaving cream to a large mixing bowl. Go ahead and experiment with an amount that makes you happy!
STEP 2: Next, add food coloring if desired and gently stir to mix color.
STEP 3: Measure and add 1/2 cup of white glue to your bowl. Then gently stir to combine.
STEP 4: Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the mixture and gently stir.
STEP 5: Lastly, measure out 1 tablespoon of saline solution or contact solution (must contain borate ions) and add to bowl.
STEP 6: Whip the mixture to activate the slime. It will begin to pull away from sides and bottom of bowl.
STEP 7: Pick up your slime and knead it until smooth and stretchy and no longer sticky.
SLIME TIP: Squeeze a few drops of saline solution on your hands before picking up your slime makes it stick less while you knead it. Kneading it is important to improving the consistency of the slime.
Don’t go crazy adding more saline solution until you have spent some time kneading it. This will reduce the stickiness. If you add too much saline initially, you will end up with rubbery slime.
CHECK OUT: How To Make Slime Less Sticky
Watch us make fluffy slime
How To Store Slime
I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually, we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean, it will last for several weeks.
FLUFFY SLIME: Fluffy slime doesn’t stay fluffy for over a day. As you know, the foam shaving cream is filled with air and decreases over time. I wouldn’t suggest fluffy slime as the best party favor.
If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store. For large groups, we have used condiment containers as seen here.
More Awesome Fluffy Slime Ideas
As the seasons change, and the holidays and special occasions come around, celebrate with a big batch of fluffy slime! Click on the slime recipes below for the full ingredient list and step by step instructions. I will continue to add new fluffy slime themes here as we complete them.
Valentine Fluffy Slime
Candy Corn Fluffy Slime For Halloween or Fall
Rainbow Fluffy Slime
St Patrick’s Day Fluffy Slime
Green Fluffy Slime For St Patrick’s Day
Spring Fluffy Slime
4th of July Fluffy Slime
Ocean Fluffy Slime
Fall Fluffy Slime
Pumpkin Fluffy Slime
Giant Fluffy Slime
Halloween Fluffy Slime
Zombie Fluffy Slime
Thanksgiving Fluffy Slime
Winter Fluffy Slime
Candy Cane Fluffy Slime
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Can i use powdered laundry detergent as an activator?
Thank you so much for providing so many different ways to make slime. So far, we really like the saline solution fluffy slime the best. I do have a question for you though,…. If I use regular Elmer’s White glue is there a way that I can add actual glitter to the slime? If so, at what point in the recipe would I add the glitter? Or am I limited to using glitter glue?
Thank you again!
This recipe DOES NOT WORK!! DO NOT try it! This slime doesn’t turn into slime, it just stays a gloppy glue mixture!!!
Disappointing!!
I imagine you are having some difficulty and would love to help you personally because it does work well, and we use it all the time with groups of kids. Please email me directly [email protected] for some help. Also make sure your saline solution has the correct ingredients.
No! Please look up our list of activators.
If you use white glue for slime it’s difficult to see the glitter, so I would try clear glue. We mix glitter into the slime after we have stirred the glue and water together. If you are making fluffy slime, you run into the same issue because of all the white foam. You can definitely add glitter to the top of it after it is already made.
I just tried this with my son and the recipe worked very well. Maybe try again, double check your ingredients and make sure all steps were followed.
What kind of saline would you recommend? I can’t exactly read the ingredients off of Amazon.
Equate brand is often on Amazon and you can order Target brand for sensitive eyes from Target.
Hello,
I tried this with opti-free contact solution and it did not work. What type of solution do you find works? Also we have washable school glue I dont knowing that’s part of the problem. We also tried it with clear school glue and that didnt work either. We have yet to find a recipen to work for us.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline
We like the target brand or equate brand saline solution (not contact solution). It may have not had the necessary chemicals we talk about in the article.
Hi! Can’t wait to try this out with my kids. Can I use liquid watercolor in place of food coloring? TIA!
We are not allowed to use shaving cream in our centers. Is there a substitute product?
Not for fluffy slime but you can make regular slime instead!
this was very helpful.Im going to love doing th
This works better than any other o e
Can you use home made saline solution?
P.s looks great
Unfortunately, you can not. Please read about the active necessary ingredients to make slime. Homemade solution doesn’t have them!
Can I use borax instead of the saline solution in this recipe?
I have not tested it as I prefer the saline solution.